{"id":91525,"date":"2022-04-22T12:12:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:12:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:12:33","slug":"do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Great White Sharks eat sea turtles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Do_Great_White_Sharks_eat_sea_turtles\" title=\"Do Great White Sharks eat sea turtles?\">Do Great White Sharks eat sea turtles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Do_some_sharks_eat_turtles\" title=\"Do some sharks eat turtles?\">Do some sharks eat turtles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Why_do_sharks_not_eat_turtles\" title=\"Why do sharks not eat turtles?\">Why do sharks not eat turtles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Do_sharks_eat_sea_turtles\" title=\"Do sharks eat sea turtles?\">Do sharks eat sea turtles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#What_are_3_things_great_white_sharks_eat\" title=\"What are 3 things great white sharks eat?\">What are 3 things great white sharks eat?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Can_a_great_white_shark_break_a_turtle_shell\" title=\"Can a great white shark break a turtle shell?\">Can a great white shark break a turtle shell?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Do_whale_sharks_eat_sea_turtles\" title=\"Do whale sharks eat sea turtles?\">Do whale sharks eat sea turtles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Can_a_shark_eat_a_turtle\" title=\"Can a shark eat a turtle?\">Can a shark eat a turtle?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Do_sharks_get_along_with_turtles\" title=\"Do sharks get along with turtles?\">Do sharks get along with turtles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Can_a_shark_bite_through_a_turtle_shell\" title=\"Can a shark bite through a turtle shell?\">Can a shark bite through a turtle shell?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#How_do_sea_turtles_not_get_eaten_by_sharks\" title=\"How do sea turtles not get eaten by sharks?\">How do sea turtles not get eaten by sharks?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Are_sharks_afraid_of_turtles\" title=\"Are sharks afraid of turtles?\">Are sharks afraid of turtles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Do_sharks_like_sea_turtles\" title=\"Do sharks like sea turtles?\">Do sharks like sea turtles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#What_food_do_great_white_sharks_eat\" title=\"What food do great white sharks eat?\">What food do great white sharks eat?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#What_foods_do_sharks_eat\" title=\"What foods do sharks eat?\">What foods do sharks eat?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#What_do_great_white_sharks_eat_food_chain\" title=\"What do great white sharks eat food chain?\">What do great white sharks eat food chain?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#What_are_3_facts_of_great_whites\" title=\"What are 3 facts of great whites?\">What are 3 facts of great whites?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#What_can_crack_a_turtle_shell\" title=\"What can crack a turtle shell?\">What can crack a turtle shell?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Do_whales_eat_turtles\" title=\"Do whales eat turtles?\">Do whales eat turtles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#What_eats_the_sea_turtle\" title=\"What eats the sea turtle?\">What eats the sea turtle?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#What_do_whale_sharks_eat\" title=\"What do whale sharks eat?\">What do whale sharks eat?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Who_eats_a_turtle\" title=\"Who eats a turtle?\">Who eats a turtle?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Do_sharks_like_turtles\" title=\"Do sharks like turtles?\">Do sharks like turtles?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Would_a_shark_eat_a_turtle\" title=\"Would a shark eat a turtle?\">Would a shark eat a turtle?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-great-white-sharks-eat-sea-turtles-2\/#Do_sharks_hang_around_turtles\" title=\"Do sharks hang around turtles?\">Do sharks hang around turtles?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_Great_White_Sharks_eat_sea_turtles\"><\/span>Do Great White Sharks eat sea turtles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The diet of adult Great White Sharks consists mostly of marine mammals, like different species of seals and dolphins, but <b>they will also eat sea turtles and otters.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_some_sharks_eat_turtles\"><\/span>Do some sharks eat turtles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>All-in-all <b>yes, some sharks do eat sea turtles, but not all of them. Most commonly, the Great White sharks, Tiger sharks, and some Hammerhead sharks eat sea turtles.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_sharks_not_eat_turtles\"><\/span>Why do sharks not eat turtles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>A sea turtles shell is softer than a land turtles, making it easy for sharks and whales to break it during an attack. Furthermore, sea turtles cant fully retract their heads inside their shells like land turtles do, making them even more vulnerable.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_sharks_eat_sea_turtles\"><\/span>Do sharks eat sea turtles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Natural Predators Adult sea turtles have a few predators, mostly large sharks. <b>Tiger sharks, in particular, are known for eating sea turtles. Killer whales have been known to prey on leatherback turtles. Fishes, dogs, seabirds, raccoons, ghost crabs, and other predators prey on eggs and hatchlings.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_3_things_great_white_sharks_eat\"><\/span>What are 3 things great white sharks eat?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As great white sharks grow in size, so does the range of their prey. Smaller great whites prey on <b>fish, rays, and crustaceans and when they are larger also eat seals, sea lions, dolphins, seabirds, marine turtles, rays, and other sharks.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_a_great_white_shark_break_a_turtle_shell\"><\/span>Can a great white shark break a turtle shell?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At sea, things are different. The sea turtles shell is softer than the land turtles, which enables <b>whales and sharks to easily break it during an attack<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_whale_sharks_eat_sea_turtles\"><\/span>Do whale sharks eat sea turtles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Do whale sharks eat sea turtles? These sharks are also filter feeders like the whale shark and feed on plankton.  These sharks are known for eating anything they can capture. <b>They will commonly eat sea turtles and seals<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_a_shark_eat_a_turtle\"><\/span>Can a shark eat a turtle?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Natural Predators Adult sea turtles have a few predators, mostly large sharks. <b>Tiger sharks, in particular, are known for eating sea turtles. Killer whales have been known to prey on leatherback turtles.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_sharks_get_along_with_turtles\"><\/span>Do sharks get along with turtles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Sea turtles and sharks are interconnected in many ways as well. Sea turtles serve as prey for different shark species, and are also affected by changes in other animal prey and the changing climate. When healthy ecosystems can support sharks, they are also likely to support sea turtle species.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_a_shark_bite_through_a_turtle_shell\"><\/span>Can a shark bite through a turtle shell?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>A sea turtles shell is softer than a land turtles, making it easy for sharks and whales to break it during an attack. Furthermore, sea turtles cant fully retract their heads inside their shells like land turtles do, making them even more vulnerable.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_sea_turtles_not_get_eaten_by_sharks\"><\/span>How do sea turtles not get eaten by sharks?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Natural Predators Adult sea turtles have a few predators, mostly large sharks. <b>Tiger sharks, in particular, are known for eating sea turtles. Killer whales have been known to prey on leatherback turtles.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_sharks_afraid_of_turtles\"><\/span>Are sharks afraid of turtles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As they grow older, <b>their hard-shell provides them a shield from predator attacks, making them harder to get eaten. Sharks and killer whales are the main predator of adult sea turtles.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_sharks_like_sea_turtles\"><\/span>Do sharks like sea turtles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The diet of adult Great White Sharks consists mostly of marine mammals, like different species of seals and dolphins, but <b>they will also eat sea turtles and otters.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_food_do_great_white_sharks_eat\"><\/span>What food do great white sharks eat?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What do white sharks eat? Newborn white sharks feed on <b>fishes and other sharks.<\/b><b>As they reach adulthood, their prey includes sea turtles, seals, sea lions, porpoises, dolphins, and small whales. White sharks are also opportunistic scavengers and will feed on the carcasses of whales and basking sharks.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_foods_do_sharks_eat\"><\/span>What foods do sharks eat?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As a group, sharks and batoids eat almost anything: <b>fishes, crustaceans, molluscs, marine mammals, and other sharks. While some sharks are probably not very selective feeders, certain sharks eat some foods more than others. For example, hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna spp.)<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_great_white_sharks_eat_food_chain\"><\/span>What do great white sharks eat food chain?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When great white sharks are young, they feed on smaller prey, like <b>fish and rays.<\/b><b>As they grow larger, they feed more exclusively on marine mammals, such as sea lions, seals and small whales. The great white is at the top of the food chain and has few threats in the ocean. Only orcas and larger sharks can pose a risk.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_3_facts_of_great_whites\"><\/span>What are 3 facts of great whites?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Interesting Great White Shark Facts<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great Whites are the largest predatory fish on earth.  <\/li>\n<li>They are almost everywhere.  <\/li>\n<li>Sharks are much older than dinosaurs.  <\/li>\n<li>Great Whites are warm-blooded.  <\/li>\n<li>They have up to 300 serrated, triangular teeth.  <\/li>\n<li>They infrequently bite boats  and sink them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2 Jan 2021<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_can_crack_a_turtle_shell\"><\/span>What can crack a turtle shell?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>The sea turtles shell is softer than the land turtles, which enables whales and sharks to easily break it during an attack.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_whales_eat_turtles\"><\/span>Do whales eat turtles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Killer whales have also been reported to eat many other types of animals including <b>leatherback sea turtles, dugongs, moose, and penguins and other seabirds.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_eats_the_sea_turtle\"><\/span>What eats the sea turtle?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Natural Predators Adult sea turtles have a few predators, mostly <b>large sharks. Tiger sharks, in particular, are known for eating sea turtles. Killer whales have been known to prey on leatherback turtles. Fishes, dogs, seabirds, raccoons, ghost crabs, and other predators prey on eggs and hatchlings.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_whale_sharks_eat\"><\/span>What do whale sharks eat?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although its mouth can stretch to four feet wide, a whale sharks teeth are so tiny that they can only eat <b>small shrimp, fish and plankton by using their gill rakers as a suction filter.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_eats_a_turtle\"><\/span>Who eats a turtle?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Large sharks like the Great White Shark and the Tiger Shark can bite through a sea turtles shell. Some smaller sharks, that cannot bite through the shell, will attack a sea turtles fins and neck, eating much of the exposed body of the turtle, while leaving behind the shell and innards.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_sharks_like_turtles\"><\/span>Do sharks like turtles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Sharks do Eat Sea Turtles, Great white sharks and Tiger sharks are known to be the biggest enemies for Sea turtles. Generally, the smaller the turtle, the more species of sharks there are that can hunt  eat them as a meal.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Would_a_shark_eat_a_turtle\"><\/span>Would a shark eat a turtle?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Natural Predators Adult sea turtles have a few predators, mostly large sharks. <b>Tiger sharks, in particular, are known for eating sea turtles. Killer whales have been known to prey on leatherback turtles.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_sharks_hang_around_turtles\"><\/span>Do sharks hang around turtles?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pelagic Sharks &#8211; Predators of the High Seas Many pelagic sharks are the top predators in their range, and have few natural predators when fully grown. Pelagic sharks are carnivorous and mostly eat fish, including other sharks on occasion, and <b>some will take turtles, seals and penguins<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Do Great White Sharks eat sea turtles?Do some sharks eat turtles?Why do sharks not eat turtles?Do sharks eat sea turtles?What are 3 things great white sharks eat?Can a great white shark break a turtle shell?Do whale sharks eat sea turtles?Can a shark eat a turtle?Do sharks get along with turtles?Can a shark&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}